Sleeve



Jal). 10, A, KAMEN ET AL 1,894,045

SLEEVE Filed July ll, 1951 INVENTOR. 40m/7 Kamen Her/77m? kme/7 Ij'g. 7

A TTORNE YA Patented Jan. 10, 1933 Utl-irish STATES .AARONKAMEN AND HERMAN-KAMEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK SLEEVE n Application 1ed-fJu1y 11,

This invention relates to .wear-ingapparel, andimore Vparticularly to asle'eve with'van attachedcuff, so constituted that vthe-cuifis reversible to present two Vdistinct .faces to 5 view.

One of the objects of thisinvention is .to provide a sleeve with a'reversible cuff wherein the cud when reversed will be of the. same width ineither of its Operative positions, and

wherein the cufin folding from one position to the other, vor vice versa, will hringabout a lengthening or shortening ,of the sleeve to which it is attached. Thus, or ordinary wear the sleeve may be worn with the cuffin a po- `sition to lengthen the sleeve but when the wearer has work to do, which might soil the cuii", said cudn may he reversed to produce a. shorter sleeve length and topresent a dierent surface to the wear or vision, so thatfafter the worlris done, that. portion. ofthe-,cud which may have become soiled therefrom can be concealedvhy again reversing the-cuit1 into its normal position.

The' majority of reversihlegcuii's hereinhefore suggestedare of the Frenchcuff type. The present invention is notof thisftype, lout isy ofthe so-called singletype, is permanently attached to the sleeve of the shirt andis incorporated into thel fsleeve zconstruction Vin a 'simple, novel and eiicientfma-nneras will hereinafter loe more fully explained.

An important feat-ure of the present invention resides in the fact-that the structure Cis so constituted as to practically double the life or wearing properties of the cud, so` thatthe cud will in practice outwear the, shirt with which it is associated.

Featuresloi' the invention, other than those specified, will he apparent from theherein- 40 after detailed description v and. claims, Vwhen read in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing.

The accompanying ,drawing,illustrates differentA practical embodiments KVof .they invention, .but the constructions therein shown yare toloe understood as illustrative,y only, and not as. deiiningthe limits ofthe invention.

Figure l is airagmental` perspective section showingy ,the structure .embodying the present invention. In this `view' thecuii3 :is

1931. serial No. 550,054.

turned up and is shown in section adjacent the buttonholes, so as to more clearly show the cuff construction.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the culi turned down or reversed.`

Figure 3 isa section perspective through the cuff and sleeve showing the cuff in full hnes in one position and in dotted lines in reversed position.

Figure l is a face view of the. sleeve and i culi' with the cufin turned up position.

Figure 5 shows the same structure with the cuitq turned down.

Figures 6 and 7 show cutis of dilerent shapes. In Figure 6, the culi' is shown as f turned up and in Figure 7 the culi isshown as turned down.

In the accompanying drawing, l 4designates a sleeve of the shirt to the lower end of which the culi isl attached. The manner.. of formingthe culi is best shown linFigs.` l, 2 and 3. Here the cuil is illustrated as comprising threeplies of material.. 2,` 3 and. 4, although the ply 3 may .loeomittedif desired or oneor more additional plies may. loe `introduced between the plies 3 and l. In any eventthe.upper and lower edges of the several plies are turned in to form finished edges which are stitched down by rows of stitches 5 and 6. lThe ply l is formed in twoV sections la and 4Z). One of the sections .la-is sewedintothe line of stitching 5,.while one edge of the sectional; is sewedinto the line of stitching 6. The other edges of the sections4 and lb are secured to shirt sleeves l by a line of stitching 7 and the cui'is thus attached to the shirt sleeve. The aggregate width of the sections 4a and 4b is somewhat greater than the width of the cuff and the section la is stitched along'its medial liner to the section 4b yby a line of stitching 8, all as i whereas if the cuil is folded along'the line of stitching 8into the dotted line position, the ply 2 will then become the exposed sur- Yface of the cui. It is highly important to this inventionthat the ply 4b be as wide as the ply 2 because if itwere made narrower, the cuff when in one position would be narrower than in its other positicn. e

With :the construction as shown, however,

the cuff is of the same width for both posiy tions and the line of stitching 18 which constitutes the foldY line is, in practice, so line and so relativelyfV close to the top of the cuff that its presenceV is notrapparent. The oposite ends of the cuff may be; inished off 1n: any suitable or appropriate manner. T he cuff mayfbe proyided with squared ends, curved ends or of any other desired ornamental shape, but the shaping of the cufi' ends will make quite a difference in the operation of the cuff and in a manner in which the cuff or sleeve is constructed.

In Figures 4 and 5, the cuff is shown:V as

rovided with projecting tab ends, the tabs Eeing sufficiently iong sothat the buttonholes 9 and l0 will come beyond the lateral ed es of the sleeve opening. Thus, when the cu is turned up as shown in Fig. 4, an ordina Ycuff button or linkemay be passed through these buttonholes beyond the edges of the sleeve; so as not to cause a ,vrinkling of the sleevei? VVhenthe cuiie is turned down as shown in Fig. 5, the button or link will not interfere with the sleeve irrespective of the shaping ofY the cuff. It is only when the cuii' turned upthat provision should be made to have the button or Ylink clear the edge of the sleeve. Any suitable button or link may be employed. VIhat is to say, a straight or curved stiff shank sleeve button or a link may be employed or, if desired, two ordinary buttons may be backed up back to back on opposite sides o the cuit and sewed through the cu' to one another. Irrespective of the type of button used, the culi may be used as a round cuff or as the ordinary pear-shaped cuff.

In Figure 6, the cuff is shown as provided with a tab at only one end. Such a cuif is adapted to be worn as a round cuit' only.

In Figure 7, the culi is shown as having square ends with-out extensions and when this is done, the sleeve should be cut away as shown at 11, so that the buttons or links will clear the edge of the sleeve opening when the cuff is turned up. The cuit shown in Fig. 7 may be used either as a round cuil or as a pear shaped cuff.

The cut out, similar to the cut out 11 in Fig. 7 may be also provided in the right hand edge of the sleeve opening of Fig. 6, and when thus provided this structure may be worn as either a round or a pear shaped cu as may be desired.

The invention which has been described embodies many novel features which are important. F or example, it will be noted that cuffs made as described require only two buttonholes, whereas in many of the reversible cuffs heretofore suggested, four buttonholes are essential.

To manufacture buttonholes is expensive and the insertion of cuff links or buttons through several buttonholes is a nuisance which man wearers will not tolerate. Furthermore, t e cuff of this invention produces a relatively short sleeve length convenient for working when in one position and a lon er or dressy length when in the other posltion, but in both ositions, the cuff is of the same width.V his is an important practicai feature of this invention. 'lhe cuff as hereinbefore stated may be made of any desired number of plies and because of its peculiar formation and the manner of its foldin it may either worn starched or soft. urthermore, one face of the culi' may be worn starched and the other soft.

It will noted from the drawing and par ticularly from Fig. 3, that the portions of the ply sections 4a and 4b between the lines of stitches 7 and 8 constitute in effect a flange extending from the cuil proper intermediate the edges of the latter. In other words, the cuf is provided intermediate its upper and lower edges with a iange of a length substantially e ual to the distance which the base of thisy ange is spaced from one edge of the cuff. That 1s to say, the distance between the lines of stitching 7 and 8 is substantially the same as the distan-ee between the lines of stitching arrangement that both faces of the cuff which are exposed to view are of the same width.

The drawing shows the invention in its preferred, practical forms, but the invention 1s to be understood as fully commensuratev with the appended claims.

In the drawing where extensions are shown at the end of the cuff, the extension is substantialiy triangular. If desired, however, more than one extension at each end of the cuff may be employed, in which case, it may be desired to provide a buttonhole in each extension. This, however, is optional and will not generally be preferred.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In combination with a sleeve, a reversible cui comprisin one face ply stitched at its upper edge to t e sleeve; a backing strip also stitched at its upper edge to the sleeve; a fine row of stitching connecting the intermediate portion of the backing strip to the face ply above the middle of the face ply, and constituting a hinge about which the 5 and 8. It is as a result of this Gulf is reversed; an opposite face ply of the same width as the first face ply and stitched at one edge to the lower edge of the first face ply and at its opposite edge to the free edge of said backing strip, whereby the backing strip provides a narrow backing therefor; said opposite face ply when the cuff is reversed presenting a plain, unbroken surface; and means whereby the cuff may be fastened substantially midway between its edges in either reversed position, the overall length of the sleeve being changed by reversing the Cuff without varying the cuff Width.

2. In combinati-on with a sleeve; a reversible cuff comprising one face ply stitched at its upper edge to the sleeve; a backing strip also stitched at its upper edge to the sleeve;

' a ne row of stitching connecting the inter mediate portion of the backing strip to the face ply above the middle of the face ply,

and constituting a hinge above which the cuff is reversed; an opposite face ply of the same width as the rst face ply and stitched at one edge to the lower edge of the first face ply and at its opposite edge to the free edge of said backing strip, whereby the backing strip provides a narrow backing therefor; said opposite face when the cud is reversed present ing a plain, unbroken surface; an extension on one end .of the cuff having fastening means beyond one edge of the placket opening; and complemental fastening means on the other end of the ou.

In testimony whereof we have signed the foregoing specification.

HERMAN KAMEN. AARON KAMEN. 

